Gwalior: Police and state administration
officials here continue to be tight-lipped about the theft of
a silver plate from the Rani Mahal Palace of the Scindia's
three days back.
The small silver plate valued not more than Rs 1500
may have been stolen due to intense rivalry between officials
and employees working in the palace, sources in the palace
said.
The rivalry between the two groups is such that both
the factions is always on the look out for opportunities to
downplay the other.
A police official connected with the investigation
into the theft of the silver plate said that till now, some
employees of the Rani Mahal palace had already been
interrogated in connection with it.
Rani Mahal palace is a part of the Jai Vilas Palace
and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, his aunt and MP from
Gwalior Yashodhara Raje Scindia and mother Madhavi Raje
Scindia stay in it.
A couple of months ago, some theft had been committed
from the Jai Vilas Palace which is locked and this had also
figured prominently in the news.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 17:40